For most of Thursday, more than 9,000 railway workers were locked out by Canada’s two largest rail companies – Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd – bringing freight traffic to a halt.
Thursday afternoon, the federal labour minister stepped in, sending the issue to binding arbitration and employees back to work.
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Even with the lockout resolved, the two companies are responsible for shipping around $1 billion in goods every day, something Chuck Davidson, the president and CEO of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce, said impacts the economy.
“In Manitoba specifically, if you’re looking at agricultural products and we’re in harvest mode right now, that product is not moving, effective today,” said Davidson while speaking on CTV Morning Live.
“There’s nowhere to store this product, there’s no way to look at other …